Originally Posted by somnatash

I also like the clean look of no cables going to the rear - like makeinu suggested and Little Pixel did: in a single speed with no rear brake.
Anyway, form follows function here. If you are going to try to reroute cables be prepared to end up with a loosing situation. With some other Folders cable routing is afterthought and you might have to arrange the cables during the fold or they can get caught in some wrong place or make big loops which catches stuff while carrying the bike. Brompton cable routing was designed with the fold in mind. The cables don't get in the way, not while riding nor while folding but end up in the right place, tight along the bike without the need to touch them.